8-year-old child goes permanently blind due to fussy eating-Know all about this shocking case

Vitamin A is a key component in rhodopsin, a light-sensitive protein that helps in producing pigments in the retina, which help with vision in low light areas.

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January 23, 2025 13:07 IST

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In a bizarre incident, an elementary school student has been left permanently blind due to his poor eating habits. According to a report by Daily Mail, the student’s fussy eating habit has deprived him of all the necessary nutrients.

The child hails from Malaysia and he has eaten nothing but chicken nuggets, sausages and cookies since they were an infant, Daily Mail reported.

The child was extremely deficient in a vitamin essential for keeping optical nerves healthy, according to a doctor who revealed the case as quoted by Daily Mail. One day, when he was his second grade, he shouted: ‘Teacher, why can’t I see anything?’

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He was immediately rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with severe vitamin A deficiency, a condition that affects one percent of Americans to a lesser extent. According to media reports, it is likely that the child had suffered from optic atrophy, which causes cells in the optic nerve to waste away from long-term damage. Vitamin A is a key component in rhodopsin, a light-sensitive protein that helps produce pigments in the retina, which help with vision in low light areas.

Dr Erna Nadia, a popular Malay social media doctor, wrote in a Facebook post: ‘As a mother… we can’t always cook because we are busy… pity for the parents of this student… it is not easy for them to accept.’

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Dr. Nadia is now urging parents to aware of the signs of vitamin A deficiency: dry eyes, shadows or gray spots on the whites of the eyes, difficulty seeing at night or in the dark, or the inability to produce tears. Foods high in vitamin A include spinach, carrots, mangoes, papaya fruit, apricots, fish, chicken, eggs and sweet potatoes.

Experts estimate that one in 100 American children are deficient in vitamin A, while up to 70 percent of kids under 11 could be deficient in vitamin D. One in five children in the US don’t get enough vitamin C, Daily Mail reported.

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